Wise About Texas

Ep. 17: A Duel for Command of the Texas Army, 1837

05.31.2016 - By Ken WisePlay

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Two generals decided to fight a duel to decide who would command the Texas Army.  Find out what happened and whether a wound suffered in the duel eventually affected the outcome of the Civil War!

 

Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA

Gen. Felix Huston

 

Dueling pistols belonging to Mirabeau B. Lamar

Ravine where Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston died at Shiloh

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